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Marty joined IMAGE in 1999 as a Managing Director. Prior to this, Marty was the founding partner and President of Hamilton Consulting, Inc., a Pennsylvania based, full service financial advisory firm. He also served as Vice President of the Corporate and Municipal Finance Department of Meridian Capital Markets. Marty specialized in structuring complex capital finance transactions for business corporations, nonprofit entities and governmental units. Marty’s extraordinary financial and analytical skills, coupled with nearly twenty years of experience in the public markets, enables him to provide unparalleled insight into even the most complex finance transactions.Mr. Stallone has pioneered the firm’s efforts in interest rate swap and derivative transactions. IMAGE now represents several of the largest issuers of municipal bonds in the Country who, with IMAGE’s assistance, are on the cutting edge of municipal derivative technology. Several transactions that Marty and IMAGE have completed include: the largest hedging program ever implemented by a public issuer, one of the largest BMA Index swaps ever completed by a public issuer, first of its kind option structures, and certain transactions that had been written off as undoable by others before them. Marty’s resume of completed swap transactions ranks second to none in the public/municipal swap industry. Marty is renowned for his ability to synthesize the myriad complexities of any derivative transaction and provide a concise, understandable explanation and evaluation of products to his clients. His extensive experience in municipal and structured finance has allowed Marty to expand and improve the use of these types of products to better serve IMAGE’s clients.Professional Activities : Marty has been the featured speaker regarding these topics for many organizational and professional seminars including numerous national municipal derivative conferences, Bond Buyer conferences, the Government Finance Officer’s Association and more.Education : Marty is a graduate of Cornell University (BA) where he was honored as a National Merit Scholar and a member of the All-Ivy League football team. | 